in 2009, we lost 22% of tax receipts. it is normal to have a deficit, but when growth comes back from you have to think about it is not because of mr. sarkozy or because madam lagarde. it is in the national interest, that is why. >> does this satisfy the criteria you mentioned in your speak? -- speech? >> i can imagine their proposals will be explained and we will talk about them when they are developed. >> to have dealt with local actors. that is the first. what are your judgments about the regions, on the left, of france? >> dealing with local actors, not really. i was very impressed. i did not expect such a festival of innovation. even small teams sometimes that look like losers on paper were retained. this happened outside the administration. then set by their proposals and they won. to me, it was a huge breath of fresh air in france where all the sudden the different levels of the hierarchy were no longer an obstacle, but you could go around them. besides, in terms of the decentralization, the entire reform that we h